"WFTXN0008: Cannot register a synchronization on a remote transaction" during connection enlistment in JBoss EAP

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Retrieved UserTransaction reference using a JNDI lookup for txn:UserTransaction
  • When requesting a connection from an EAP managed pool, encountering a WFTXN0008 error

    ... java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: WFTXN0008: Cannot register a synchronization on a remote transaction
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client@1.1.13.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.transaction.client.RemoteTransaction$Unresolved.registerInterposedSynchronization(RemoteTransaction.java:289)
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client@1.1.13.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.transaction.client.RemoteTransaction.registerInterposedSynchronization(RemoteTransaction.java:174)
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client@1.1.13.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.transaction.client.ContextTransactionSynchronizationRegistry.registerInterposedSynchronization(ContextTransactionSynchronizationRegistry.java:77)
        at org.jboss.as.transactions@7.4.0.GA-redhat-00005//org.jboss.as.txn.service.internal.tsr.TransactionSynchronizationRegistryWrapper.registerInterposedSynchronization(TransactionSynchronizationRegistryWrapper.java:76)
        at org.jboss.ironjacamar.impl@1.4.30.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.transaction.TransactionSynchronizer.lock(TransactionSynchronizer.java:309)
        ...
    

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 7.2 cumulative patch (CP) 8 and later 7.2.z
    • 7.3 cumulative patch (CP) 1 and later 7.y.z releases/patch levels

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